Julian Schreibman was born in New York City and grew up near Kingston, N.Y. He currently resides in Stone Ridge. The first in his family to go to college, he received a bachelor's degree and a law degree from Yale University.

As a lawyer with the CIA, he received the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award for his role in the prosecution of a terror bombing case, United States v. Osama bin Laden. He later became a federal prosecutor in Manhattan.

Schreibman was senior assistant district attorney in Ulster County, N.Y.

He served as chairman of the Ulster County Democratic Committee from 2008 to 2012.

Schreibman and his wife, Shannon, have three sons.

Julian Schreibman says his top priority in Congress would be to bring jobs to the Hudson Valley and Catskills. He wants to extend tax credits for small business that will make it easier to hire. He also wants to reduce regulations and increase funding for Small Business Administration loans.

"If elected I will work to close loopholes that reward companies for shipping jobs overseas and work to ensure that trade deals do not stack the deck against American workers just so multinational corporations can have a cheap supply of overseas labor," he says on his campaign website.

Schreibman, a Democrat, will face Republican freshman Rep. Chris Gibson in the November 2012 general election for New York's 19th Congressional District seat.

He also wants to encourage investment in American industries including clean energy.

Schreibman says he hopes the Supreme Court's decision upholding national health care "will get Congress to stop bickering" and work on improving services.

He said women's health would be a priority and that he would "stand up for choice and will keep the government from getting between a woman and her doctor."

He says Social Security and Medicare must be protected and seniors' benefits should be strengthened and guaranteed.